Bedroom Food Storage

Bedroom Food Storage

Aaron Colussi

Not everyone can have a massive kitchen with tons of storage space and a separate pantry. Since gutting your space and starting anew may not be a possibility, find easy ways to make use of the small kitchen that you do have. Get all the inspiration you need by taking a look at these clever kitchen organization ideas. With a few simple DIYs and organizing products from Amazon, you'll take charge of your space, tackling messy drawers, cabinets and shelves.

Before you put these organizing tips to work, take a look at your kitchen to see what you need help with most: your overflowing spice racks, cluttered drawers and cabinets, messy pantry, to name a few. It may be easiest to tackle one area at a time, starting with organizing everyday essentials (pots and pans, for example) before working your way to more tedious tasks, like decanting spices and baking supplies into matching glass containers. Little by little, you'll notice that in addition to looking neat and clutter-free, your kitchen will be more fit to cook, bake and entertain in — a tell-tale sign that you did it right.

Erika LaPresto

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Create a Command Station

Stick chalkboard contact paper and adhesive pockets to the inside of one of your cabinets, so that everyone in your household knows where to look to find the grocery list, coupons, recipes and WiFi password.

Lucy Call

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Mount a Double-Duty Shelf

Here, one shelf gives you two smart ways to store your kitchen essentials: Stick seasonal platters and pretty dishes on the top shelf for all to see, and hang cutting boards and oven mitts on the lower hooks.

Aaron Colussi

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Arrange Baskets High and Low

Fill the lower baskets with anything safe for your kids to grab hold of and reserve the higher shelves for gadgets, spare linens and your secret chocolate stash.

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Trevor Tondro

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Make the Most of Your Drawers

Find ways to make your drawers work for you. Carve out spaces to hold your most-used utensils, baking supplies and spices. In this case, an ice cream-obsessed family dedicated an entire drawer to their sundae-making essentials.

Thomas Loof for Country Living

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Fill up Clear Canisters

When done right, your pantry staples can make an eye-catching display. Transfer all of your nuts, cereals, pastas and baking ingredients into glass jars, marking each and every one with a custom chalkboard label.

Mike Garten

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Add a Built-in Storage Block

Build a knife block into a narrow drawer to keep your knives sharp and secure — and your hands safe.

Annie Schlechter

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Arrange Utensils on a Pegboard Wall

When pegboards are painted in a bold accent color, they become a functional focal point. Screw in a range of angled, straight and curved hooks to hang mugs, measuring cups and other cookware.

Mike Garten

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Designate a Drawer for Dishes

Keep your dishes protected and in place with adjustable plate holders, perfect for deeper drawers. Opt for holders with carrying handles, so you can lift them out of the drawer when it's time to set the table.

SHOP DISH HOLDERS

Courtesy of Grace Mitchell

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Use Sliding Doors to Conceal Mess

If you opted for an open shelving system, consider installing a sliding door, like this farmhouse-inspired barn door, to easily conceal the inevitable mess.

Ali Harper

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Keep Pots and Pans Nearby

It makes the most sense to keep your pots, pans and cooking utensils right near the oven. Attach a magnetic knife bar to the left of your stovetop and a rod to hold your most-used pots and pans to the right (or vice versa).

Kim Cornelison

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Get Creative With Shelf Storage

Even if you don't have a separate pantry, you can incorporate these organization ideas into your kitchen. Take the wine glass storage, for example: Mount a hanging wine rack under a cabinet to save space and prevent glasses from knocking into one another.

SHOP HANGING WINE RACKS

Mike Garten

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Give Everything a Place

Fora seamless look, use dividers that match your drawer's interiors, often made out of different variations of bamboo.

SHOP DRAWER DIVIDERS

Aluxum/ Getty Images

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Hang a Towel Bar Over the Sink

Nail a metal bar to the blank wall above your sink and use it to store whatever you need to keep within arm's reach: soup spoons, cheese graters, spices and so much more.

Mike Garten

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Use Inserts to Maximize Space

You lose so much space when you stack platters and casserole dishes on top of one another. Reclaim precious kitchen drawer space with a set of plastic or wood customizable drawer dividers.

Amy Bartlam. Design: Jenn Feldman Designs

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Create a Slide-Out Prep Station

Here's a clever solution for a kitchen short on counter space: Build a butcher block board into a drawer like designer Jenn Feldman did here. With a hole right over the trash can, it's easy to dump peels and pits as you go, using a scrapper-chopper.

Sugar & Cloth and Jeffrey Phillip

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Turn One Shelf Into Two

With wire shelf risers, you can multiply vertical storage space, giving you even more room to store all of your dishware. See? Just because you're short on space doesn't mean you have to compromise your love of cute mugs and dishes.

SHOP STACKABLE SHELVES

Alison Gootee/Studio D

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Organize Your Pantry Like a Store

Give your pantry a supermarket makeover by following the "first in, first out" rule. Basically, put the newest boxes and containers behind what's already open. Keep things organized with bins, labels and clear storage containers.

SHOP PANTRY DOOR RACKS

Sugar & Cloth and Jeffrey Phillip

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Add "Drawers" to Deep Cabinets

Store your table linens — placemats, cloth napkins or even the table runner you only use on Christmas — in durable plastic pins. The best part? They pull out, so you won't have to dig for anything in the way back.

Watchtower Interiors

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Ditch Countertop Produce Bowls

Pack a deep drawer full of removable bins (like in this custom cabinet from Watchtower Interiors). If you use them to sort produce that doesn't need to be refrigerated, you'll never lose precious counter space to a fruit or veggie bowl again.

Sugar & Cloth and Jeffrey Phillip

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Store Pans Sideways

It seems like no matter how hard we try to keep our pots and pans organized, they're always a jumbled — and noisy — mess. Stack pans, cutting boards, lids and baking sheets horizontally to limit future frustration.

SHOP PAN AND LID RACK

Sugar & Cloth and Jeffrey Phillip

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Group Items by Color

You color-coordinate your clothes, so why wouldn't you carry this organizing trick to the other rooms in your house? By grouping items by color, you can reap the benefits of open shelving (flexibility) without the downside (visible clutter).

Tidbits

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Look Above Your Range

When you store your pots and cooking utensils above your stovetop, everything you need is always at-hand.

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Sugar & Cloth and Jeffrey Phillip

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Divide Kitchen Tools

Drawer dividers aren't just for forks, knives and spoons. You can also adjust them to accommodate large, small and oddly shaped utensils.

Classy Clutter

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A Beautiful Mess

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Stack Baskets up High

Easy-to-grab bins are great for corralling any extras on the top shelf. Just be careful about placing heavy items in theses bins since it may be harder to grab.

See more at A Beautiful Mess »

Mom 4 Real

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Choose an Open Island

From the front, this looks like your average island — but from the back it's storage central for everything you want (cookbooks, especially), but never seem to have enough space for.

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Simplified Bee

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Build a Bench With Storage

A breakfast nook bench takes up less space than dining chairs, and works double-duty with storage under the seats.

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Tidbits From the Tremaynes

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Use the Inside of Your Cabinet Doors

Hang your most-frequently-used cooking utensils (like measuring cups and spoons, if you're a baker) on the back of a cabinet door instead of cramming them into already-full drawers.

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Domestically Speaking

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Far Above Rubies

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Fill up the Sides

The sides of your cabinets can hold heavy, clunky items that are annoying to store, including colanders or cutting boards.

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Bedroom Food Storage

Source: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/organizing/tips/g1397/small-kitchen-storage/

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Simple And Small Bedroom Interior Design Ideas

Simple And Small Bedroom Interior Design Ideas

Designing a small bedroom is not just about creating interiors that save up on space. It needs to be a combination of style and space consciousness that exudes balance and panache. This requires both proper planning and a touch of ingenuity. Lack of space in the bedroom does not mean you have to give up on either comfort or elegance. Compact bedrooms can appear as lavish and luxurious as any other that is blessed with ample space. In a world where studio apartments and city lofts are becoming more and more common, savvy design seems an absolute must.

Modern loft bed perfect for small bedrooms

Designing the interiors of a small room are all about creating greater visual room and incorporating ample storage units. A clean and uncluttered look is an absolute must. From lighting to paint and mirrors to accessories, every little detail makes a big difference. Here are a few modern inspirations that will get you started on the right path –

Natural sunlight combined with lovely lighting makes a small room appear brighter

by Stanislav Ermolenko

Purple brings sophistication to the room

Small bedroom that also doubles up as home office!

by The Interior Place

Smart design helps in maximizing space

by Sullivan Building & Design Group

Storage underneath the bed and decor that does away with legs – Perfect for small bedrooms

by Shor Home

Warm wooden tones combined with soothing gray in a compact bedroom

by Nicholas Moriarty Interiors

Pendant lights, mirror and the window above the bed bring in a sense of openness

by Elad Gonen & Zeev Beech

Pristine white backdrop with single accent tone can create bright and beautiful bedrooms

by VELUX

Loft bedroom with open walls seems as stunning as any larger contemporary bedroom

by Diego Alejandro Design

Bedroom in the attic

Cool Scandinavian style seems appropriate for compact attic bedrooms

by Whitten Architects

Watch your head at the break of dawn!

Lighting and Color

Most home owners tend to confuse between spaces that are airy and fresh and ones that are simply large. Size of the room has pretty much nothing to do with the vibe it exudes. Small bedrooms can look airy and pleasing when done right. Lighting and color play pretty much the most important part in it all. Try to keep the color combinations in a compact bedroom to a minimum. If you can work out a color scheme with white as the backdrop and introduce single accent color by using pillows, fabric or décor, then it appears all the more modern and graceful.

Glossy surfaces and neon lights create a more vibrant atmosphere

Keep it simple and minimal

Earthen hues and lovely lighting create a warm and romantic bedroom

Adding too many colors creates visual fragmentation of an already small space. This makes your bedroom look much smaller than it really is. Lighting is another aspect that you need to plan carefully for bedrooms short on space. Lighting pretty much makes or breaks any room; big or small. Try to eliminate all dark corners by suing several layers of lighting. Pendant lights and scones are a great choice as they save up on leg room as well!

Place the bed perfectly to save up on room

Simple and stylish space in purple

Use scone lighting to save up on leg room in compact bedrooms

White is a popular choice for small bedrooms!

Lovely little niche for the bed in white

Replace the nightstands with storage shelves

Always keep a small bedroom clean and uncluttered

by Michelle Hinckley

Eliminate all dark corners with several layers of lighting

All about Space and Mirrors!

Style is often about illusion. What appears to be the truth is often more important than what really is and perception makes a huge difference. This is as true for design of small spaces as it is for Hollywood! Creating ample leg room by using furnishings that occupy the vertical space is a wonderful way to free up the square footage. The walls of a small bedroom cannot look cluttered. Yet, they must be used to the hilt. From floating bedside tables to ergonomic shelves, every smart addition gives the room a huge facelift.

Use mirrors to create more visual space

Daft use of the vertical space on offer

by Sealy Design

Elegant storage options help hide away the mess

by Garret Cord Werner

Apart from sleek shelves that disappear into the walls, mirrors and glossy surfaces are a cool and trendy way to fashion more visual space. They also bring in a touch of Hollywood regency when coupled with plush fabrics. Use of skylights and large windows also adds to the freshness of a tiny bedroom while enhancing ventilation.

A long narrow room custom-crafted bed that fits in effortlessly

Black lamp shades steal the show here

by Vanessa De Vargas

Compact bedrooms need not give up on luxury one bit!

Fabulous small bedroom embraces minimalism with style

Floating stairs lead to the loft bed

by Building Lab

Keeping the room in single shade does make it appear a touch larger!

Modern loft bed perfect for small bedrooms

by Kia Designs

Painted floor adds color to this bedroom

Smart Design with Symmetry

Attic bedrooms and stylish guestrooms are gaining prominence as home owners are trying to make use of every available inch of room. Loft beds, Murphy bed designs and wall units that store away all the mess help in creating sleeker and more organized bedrooms as well. The trend of adding a small work space to the bedroom is also encouraging designers to opt for more ergonomic solutions. Bedroom benches with in-built storage units and trundle beds make for great choices as well as they tuck away the unnecessary.

Notice the woven baskets that double up as bedside table

A sliding door and a Murphy bed help create a bedroom out of nothing!

by Art of Construction

Innovative use of sliding doors to create a bedroom in an open floor plan

by The Sliding Door Company Vancouver

Creating a contemporary and stylish small bedroom is not the hardest task. In essence, it is all about what you can take away and not what you can add to the room. Keeping things simple, uncomplicated and minimal, helps a great deal. Pick themes that vary from semi-minimalism to Scandinavian for rooms that are more pleasing. Avoiding the temptation to add too many layers of color and décor is the key to attaining the perfect look.

Smart daybed offers ample storage

by Amy Lau Design

Neutral tones make small bedrooms appear more spacious

by Chandos Interiors

Symmetry is an absolute must for small bedrooms to appear a tad bit bigger

by Union Studio

Use the space up top clear up some room below!

Scone lighting is a good choice for bedrooms short on space

by Chip Webster Architecture

Large number of windows makes this room seem larger than it really is

by Andra Birkerts Design

Murphy beds that can be tucked away easily are a great addition to small apartment lofts

by Normal Projects

Use wallpaper even for the sloped attic roof to create visual uniformity

by Gast Architects

Simple And Small Bedroom Interior Design Ideas

Source: https://www.decoist.com/2013-07-25/small-bedroom-design-ideas/

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